1913 Keighley by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 June 2025 1913 Keighley by-election parliamentary no 1913 11 11 y Keighley constituency 86.5% Circa_1910_Stanley_Buckmaster.jpg Stanley Buckmaster Liberal Party (UK) 4,730 38.7% 0.3 pp Henry_Lascelles,_Earl_of_Harewood.jpg The Viscount Lascelles Unionist Party (UK) 3,852 31.5% 0.6 pp William Bland William Bland - Keighley (3x4 crop).png Labour Party (UK) 3,646 29.8% 0.9 pp MP Stanley Buckmaster Liberal Stanley Buckmaster Liberal United Kingdom The 1913 Keighley by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 11 November 1913.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 108 The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The incumbent, Sir Stanley Buckmaster of the Liberal Party, had been elected for the constituency in the 1911 Keighley by-election. He was required to fight another by-election on his appointment as Solicitor General for England and Wales. Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles, the 30-year old heir to the Earl of Harewood, whose peerage he succeeded to in 1929, and future husband of Mary, Princess Royal, was the candidate for the Conservative Party. William Bland, a local trade unionist member of local Independent Labour Party was endorsed by the national Labour Party to fight in the by-election. The Liberal Party held the seat as Buckmaster was re-elected. Result Keighley by-election, 1913 Liberal Party (UK) Stanley Buckmaster 4,730 38.7 -0.3 Unionist Party (UK) Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles 3,852 31.5 -0.6 Labour Party (UK) William Bland 3,646 29.8 +0.9 878 7.2 +0.1 12,228 86.5 14,142 Liberal Party (UK) +0.2 Previous election 1911 Keighley by-election Liberal Party (UK) Stanley Buckmaster 4,667 39.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) William Mitchell Acworth 3,842 32.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) William Crawford Anderson 3,452 28.9 N/A 825 7.1 N/A 11,961 87.3 N/A Liberal Party (UK) N/A Aftermath A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. The Yorkshire branch of the Independent Labour Party were keen to run a candidate. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place. General Election 1914/15 14,400 Another by-election occurred in Keighley in 1915 when Buckmaster accepted a seat in the House of Lords. References Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan. Who's Who: www.ukwhoswho.com Debrett's House of Commons 1916 Category:1913 in England Category:1913 elections in the United Kingdom Category:Keighley Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Bradford constituencies Category:1910s in Yorkshire Category:November 1913 in the United Kingdom